The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.
I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.